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Istari
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One of my G/f's was called Percy Trelawney Adolphus Taylor, he was born in the village of Lynsted in 1886. Me and my partner have been bouncing around the different ideas about how he got his "middle names"? We think he got the name "Adolphus" from being confirmed in the Roman Catholic church (he was married in the RC church in Folkestone in 1911).
His mother was Ellen Hysted/Highsted b1845 in Eastling, so we know "Trelawney" isn't her maiden name, Anyone got any idea's as to why he might be given this as a middle name, any local history buffs out there (interested in Lynsted or Eastling) who might have some fresh ideas about this, e.g. him being named after a local landowner or similar.
To the best of my knowledge (not much) I have no known cornish links 
Thanks for any fresh ideas 
Istari
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Kent:- Baker, Beverley, Burvill, Care, Coughlan, Cornwall, Finch, King, Shrubb, Taylor, Timson, Young,
Hants:- Eastmond,
Norfolk:- Finch, Gardner,
Surrey:- Shrubb,
Sussex:- Coughlan,
Co. Cork:- Coughlan,
Warwickshire:- Taylor
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Lady constance
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Just a though,
it might not be mothers maiden name but a grandmother's maiden name. Quite a few members in my family have the middle name of a grandmother.
Just an idea
:-)
Constance
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Istari
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Thanks for that Constance, Celt thought about that and did a hunt but couldn't find anything there. Thanks for the thought though 
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Kent:- Baker, Beverley, Burvill, Care, Coughlan, Cornwall, Finch, King, Shrubb, Taylor, Timson, Young,
Hants:- Eastmond,
Norfolk:- Finch, Gardner,
Surrey:- Shrubb,
Sussex:- Coughlan,
Co. Cork:- Coughlan,
Warwickshire:- Taylor
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Elizabeth Revel
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Some research I did for a friend included a family who gave son Number 4 the middle name which was the married surname of a maternal aunt. I wondered if the aunt and her husband were godparents at the time of christening.
Son number 2 had his mother's maiden surname as a middle name and son number 3 had the maiden name of his paternal grandmother as a middle name.
The origins of the second name of the eldest son continue to elude me.
Beth
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Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Lancashire and Cheshire: Harding, Turner, Gandy, Rigby, Bancroft, Moorcroft, Wright Wiltshire: Webb, Hayter, Mussell, Curtice, Sheppard Hampshire: Harper, Rawlings Ireland: Revels, Qua, Alexander, Clegg Bucks, Northants, Derby, Leicester and Cheshire: Spokes, Glover, Sturgess, Attewell, Whiting, Lester, Hall |
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KiwiBrennan
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Hi Istari
Just a thought, seeing you mention he was Roman Catholic.
The Adoplhus may be a "saints name" for the day he was born or christened.
The clergy had quite an influence on families in those days...
Bren
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duckweed
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Perhaps the Trelawney was a godparents name and not a relative's name at all. Could try looking in the census to see if there was someone of that name in the neighbourhood or ideally looking at Parish record to see if godparents are mentioned in Baptismal records.
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KiwiBrennan
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Hi Istari
Is his the birth registered in Faversham in Sep qtr 1886?
Have googled saints and found that St Adoplhus is September 27.....
Bren
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